A5062903279- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Uterine Myomas and Treatments
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Occupational Health and Performance
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Education and Military Integration
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Military, Security, and Education Studies
George Mason University
2024-2025
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
2023
Defense & Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management
2022
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
2019
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2018
University of Hawaii System
2015
Untreated low back pain (LBP) in older adults can lead to disability and development of chronicity. Due the potential medical comorbidities negative risks associated with pharmacological use, chronic LBP management for requires a responsive approach. The objective this study is evaluate probability (1) opioid prescription receipt (2) opioid-sedative coprescription, sample military-service-connected patients enrolled Veterans Health Administration (VHA) or TRICARE, ages 30-85 years, receiving...
Abstract As healthcare systems adopt data-driven methods to determine resource allocation for treating low back pain (LBP), it is critical evaluate equity in time-to-follow-up care after an index visit and long-term occupational outcomes. This retrospective observational study included medical records of 525,252 active duty US service members who received LBP diagnosis from June 2016 February 2022. Poisson generalized additive models evaluated time-to-LBP follow-up (primary outcome)...
Background: Most individuals undergoing elective surgery expect to discontinue opioid use after surgery, but many do not. Modifiable risk factors including psychosocial are associated with poor postsurgical outcomes. We wanted know whether pain catastrophizing is specifically and health-care use. Methods: This was a longitudinal cohort study of trial participants spine (lumbar or cervical) lower-extremity (hip knee osteoarthritis) between 2015 2018. Primary secondary outcomes were 12-month...
Abstract Aim This study aims to evaluate the overall incidence of abuse code documentation in medical records patients assigned female, and relationships between patient characteristics, healthcare utilization (e.g., visits, emergency room opioid prescription receipts), diagnoses received year following documentation. Subject methods Records female record were evaluated this observational, retrospective study, which a non-research determination by Brooke Army Medical Center Institutional...
ABSTRACT Introduction Meta-analytic findings and clinical practice guidance recommend pharmacological (e.g., pregabalin, duloxetine, milnacipran) non-pharmacological exercise sleep hygiene) interventions to reduce symptoms improve quality of life in people living with fibromyalgia. However, some these therapies may lack robust evidence as their efficacy, have side effects that outweigh benefits, or carry risks. Although the annual prevalence fibromyalgia active duty service members was...